Archive for July 2019
It Happens Every Day
The Other Day The other day my mobile phone rings and the caller ID says “Donna Franklin.” I don’t personally know any Donna Franklins, but I listen to Donna Franklin’s jazz show on KTSU. Her closing song is “It Happens Every Day” by The Crusaders. So, instead of saying “hello,” I answered, “It happens every…
Read MoreThere Are Eight Million Stories In The Naked City. This Is One Of Mine.
I’m in New York City for about a week and staying the first part at the Algonquin Hotel. A Molly Ivins Story Many years ago when I was in here for a short trip, my friend Molly Ivins (now of blessed memory and then a journalist with the New York Times) suggested we meet at…
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